The Biker's Rules
Or whatever place poor choices lead to.
He groans again, and the sound pulls my gaze down to him.
Blood mats his hair. Soaks through his shirt. Dark patches spread across torn fabric. His face is swollen, split at the brow, lip cracked open.
The smell hits next.
Metallic. Rotten. Blood mixed with sweat and fear and something sour beneath it all.
It fills the air, heavy and invasive. I instinctively pinch my nose.
“Yuck, he stinks,” Kiara mutters, pressing a finger beneath her nostrils.